House Update: 10 Steps Forward, 9 Steps Back

So the good news is that the builder has been very quick with the framing.  Last Saturday, (see post on May 1) they had completely framed the first floor and built the deck for the second floor.  By Tuesday, they had the second floor and the roof framed. 


The bad news is, they are now tearing everything down.


One of the key changes that we made when planning the new part of the house was to raise the ceiling in the family room from 8 feet to 9 feet - a big deal for the open floor plan we wanted and for people who are 6'3".  Unfortunately, then we learned that when they framed the family room, this one little detail was missed.  The ceilings were framed at 8' tall and the second floor had already been built on top of it... OOPS!

So it's all now getting redone.  It doesn't cost us anything monetarily, but does set us back another week or so in the overall schedule.  Also, our neighbors probably think we're nuts.